I have always considered myself sort of a knife lover. I carried a Benchmade auto while in the Navy. I currently switch between an Emerson CQC-7 while on duty and a Emerson P-Sark while running around town.

Yesterday I picked up a Zero-Tolerance 302. ZT knives are made by Strider Knives and Ken Onion. I'm not sure I will ever take this honey out. The story of how it came to me is cool and I wouldn't want to damage it.

They must have had a bazillion hits. I just snuck in,, after the survey, I tried to view the on-line catalog to see if there was something new "I had to have". Kept getting blown off with errors. CLeared up around 10pm, the site seems to be working now..

I need a partially serrated blade for cutting lines. If you are working on or around the water, I really suggest having something partially serrated.

That is the reason I always carry a partially serrated blade.

No serrated blade made for a pretty hairy ride on a 32' Egg Harbor with twin screws once. We lost one of the props due to the drive shaft getting wrapped with a polypro line from a lobster pot. The boat's owner went into 50 degree water in his skivvies and tried to cut the line, but could not due to his having a knife with a straight edge. A serrated knife would have cut right through the line. We had to return into a harbor with a narrow opening and a tight fit through a railroad and then a highway drawbridge. Trying to do that with one screw and a hard outgoing moon tide was no freaking fun...

One of the best knives I own is a five dollar Dexter Russell serrated knife with their trademark white plastic handle and a plastic sheath. When I go saltwater fishing it is a great thing to have because it works so well and it's cheap so you don't care if it gets abused by the saltwater and the sand, etc.